Even Masasoyttheir friend and allywas about this time nearly estranged from them, and on the point of joining the Narragansetts in a project for their destruction.

In this group were the Mohegans, Pequots, and Narragansetts of New England; the Delawares; the Powhatans of Virginia; the Shawnees of the Ohio valley, and many others living around the Great Lakes.

They knew not where to land, or where again to pitch their tent in the wilderness; but they were soon guided by the friendly voices of a party of Narragansetts on the opposite shore.

The well-known enmity of the Narragansetts towards the Wampanogesthe friends and allies of the settlersrendered this hostile declaration no surprise to the Governor and his council.